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Wildlife Species List

Contestants are expected to identify these wildlife species and their habitat needs. Specific learning objectives and resources related to these species are available on the Wildlife Study Guide.

Birds

Bird Species ID

Ducks, Geese and Swans
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Brant
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ruddy Duck
Common Loon
Eared Grebe

Marsh and Shorebirds
King Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Purple Gallinule
Common Moorhen
American Coot

American Golden-Plover
Killdeer
American Avocet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Sanderling
Herring Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern

Upland Game Birds
Northern Bobwhite
Wild Turkey
Ruffed Grouse

Songbirds
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collard-dove
Mourning Dove
Inca Dove

Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner

Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker

Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Ivory-billed Woodpecker

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird

Barn Swallow
Cave Swallow
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Purple Martin

Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
House Wren
Carolina Wren
Marsh Wren

Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Mammals

Armadillo & Opossum

Carnivores

Rabbits
Eastern Cottontail
Swamp Rabbit
Black-tailed Jackrabbit

Bats


Rodents
Fox Squirrel
Southern Flying Squirrel
Eastern Woodrat
Muskrat
Prairie Vole

Shrews & Moles 
Least Shrew
Eastern Mole

Ungulates

 

Reptiles & Amphibians
(Arkansas Herpetological Society)

American Alligator

Lizards
Western Slender Glass Lizard
Eastern Collard Lizard
Prairie Lizard
Northern Green Anole
Southern Coal Skink
Common Five-lined Skink
Broad-headed Skink
Little Brown Skink
Prairie Racerunner

Snakes
Southern Copperhead
Western Cottonmouth
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake 
Timber Rattlesnake
Western Pigmy Rattlesnake
Texas Coral Snake
Northern Scarletsnake
North American Racer
Eastern Coachwhip
Prairie Kingsnake
Speckled Kingsnake
Milksnake
Great Plains Ratsnake
Ring-necked Snake
Eastern Hog-nosed Snake
Broad-banded Watersnake
Northern Diamond-backed Watersnake
Eastern Gartersnake

Frogs
Dwarf American Toad
Fowler’s Toad
Blanchard’s Cricket Frog
Green treefrog
Gray treefrog
Spring Peeper
Cajun Chorus Frog
Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad
American Bullfrog
Green Frog
Pickerel Frog
Southern Leopard Frog

 

 

Salamanders
Ringed Salamander
Spotted Salamander
Marbled Salamander
Small-mouthed Salamander
Eastern Tiger Salamander 
Three-toed Amphiuma
Ozark Hellbender
Ouachita Dusky Salamander
Cave Salamander
Grotto Salamander
Western Slimy Salamander
Ozark Zigzag Salamander
Red River Mudpuppy
Central Newt
Western Lesser Siren

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For additional information about the Envirothon Program in Arkansas, contact:         

Delia Haak, Ed.D Arkansas Envirothon Coordinator
ArkansasEnvirothonCoodinator@gmail.com
479-238-4671

Debbie Moreland, Arkansas Association Conservation District Director
debbiepinreal@aol.com
501-425-2891

 

The Envirothon Program is offered and operated on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, or physical/mental challenges.